The Politics of Trade

The Overseas Merchant in State and Society, 1660-1720

Perry Gauci

The Politics of Trade

The Overseas Merchant in State and Society, 1660-1720

Perry Gauci

Description

This book examines the political and social impact of English overseas merchants during the upheavals of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. It explores the merchant societies of London, York, and Liverpool, and illuminates the growing prominence of the overseas trader in the press and in Parliament.

The Politics of Trade

The Overseas Merchant in State and Society, 1660-1720

Perry Gauci

Table of Contents

IntroductionThe Mercantile City i. Sampling the London Eliteii. Merchant Distribution in the Cityiii. Topography and City Associationiv. Provincial ParallelsBusiness and Public Life i. The Background and Training of the City Merchantii. Independence and Association: Office-Holding in the Cityiii. Status as an Urban Phenomenoniv. Provincial ParallelsMercantile Association and Commercial Politics i. The Formal Organization of Overseas Tradeii. The Unregulated Tradesiii. The Livery Companiesiv. Provincial ParallelsThe Merchant, Politics, and the Press i. The Mercantile Pressii. The Press and the Professioniii. The Histories of Tradeiv. The
Representation of CommerceThe Merchant and Parliament i. Merchant Representation at Westminsterii. Parliament and the Representation of Overseas Tradeiii. Parliament and the Passage of Commercial LegislationThe Politics of Trade: The French Commerce Bill of 1713 i. Origins and Noveltiesii. The Rage of Party and the Politicization of Tradeiii. The Great Vote and Trade on the Hustingsiv. Consequences and Recriminations 1713-14ConclusionBibliographyIndex

The Politics of Trade

The Overseas Merchant in State and Society, 1660-1720

Perry Gauci

Reviews and Awards

"Gauci has woven into a single narrative mercantile, social, and political change at a critical moment in the evolution of the modern state. The Politics of Trade has moved the shadow world of overseas trading communities of the Augustan Age closer to their rightful place near center stage."--Journal of Interdisciplinary History